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[rionaleonhart]

Persona 3 FES continues! I think I'm somewhere in late June.

Kosuke going 'yes, I'll give this shady "hey there, hot high school student, want to make your fortune" guy 20,000 yen' is not doing anything to change my headcanon that he is extremely stupid.

Bebe is ridiculous, but his enthusiasm is pretty cute. What a sweet kid. I'm worried about him.

Yukari sort of reminds me of Final Fantasy X's Yuna at some points, but I can't work out exactly how. I suppose they're both considerate with a fearless streak. I love that Yukari was so passionate about research that she nearly dragged us all into a fight with some thugs.

Akihiko strikes me as a guy who'd give really good hugs, but it never occurs to him to hug anyone, so nobody gets to experience them. What a waste. (This is why people read this journal, I assume. Where else are you going to get this sort of insightful character analysis?)

'I’m glad she wants to be part of the team. I’m looking forward to the next mission.' Akihiko's very sweet, and it still takes me by surprise every time. I can't get past the moment I first saw his character design and went, 'Well, obviously this guy is going to be an arsehole.'

Speaking of confused expectations: I'd heard you needed maximum courage to start Fuuka's social link, so I was expecting Fuuka to be hugely intimidating. Turns out she's very polite and soft-spoken and you just need to be brave enough to eat her experimental cooking.

While Kenji is still far from my favourite social link, I did enjoy the line 'Kenji is talking to himself and doesn't seem as if he'll ever stop'.

Koromaru is a very good boy! But I asked 'can I pet him?' and was told 'yes, you can pet him' and then didn't get to pet him, which is frankly outrageous.

Wait, there are security cameras in our bedrooms? That doesn't seem right, particularly as the security recordings appear to be freely accessible in an unlocked room.

Predictions for how Kosuke's dormmates would react if they saw him having sex on the security camera:

- Yukari or Fuuka would be shocked and embarrassed.
- Junpei would be alarmingly enthused and bombard us with questions about it for weeks.
- Mitsuru would calmly disregard it as irrelevant, just like all the recordings of Kosuke studying into the night.
- Akihiko would assume we were just wrestling.

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Akihiko's very sweet, and it still takes me by surprise every time. I can't get past the moment I first saw his character design and went, 'Well, obviously this guy is going to be an arsehole.'

Akihiko is my favourite of the party (with everyone else coming as a close second) and possibly my favourite character among the whole franchise. This is the first time I've heard that particular take! I mean, look at that smile. He's practically a puppy.

July's a fun month! I think you will like it.

[rionaleonhart]

Akihiko's definitely shaping up to be my favourite character in Persona 3! (That smile is adorable and also took me by surprise when I was still trapped in my 'he's going to be an arsehole, right?' first impression.)

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My theory: It's because he shares a character model with Dojima, who is an actual asshole. You're reverse engineering them into a single amorphous blob of protein and awful parenting.